I learned so much about the interlocking swirl of optimization problems that make up a war from this one post. Like most civilians, I had never really considered any of the issues you explain about artillery beyond BOOM.
I'm truly better informed when I read your work. Thank you!
If you can find it you can kill it. My advice to my son 20+ years ago when he asked me if he should go into tanks or artillery. I told him infantry. I am convinced the same story holds for ships and planes. Floating ships are targets. Even stealth planes cannot hide against a prepared enemy. If a swarm of four F-16 can take down an F-35, how many four million dollar drones does it take to take down an F-35. I am sure we will develop better ways to protect artillery and tanks but I would not want to be in either if they are parked anywhere near a front line.
I read this morning that there is actually a monetary reason Trump wants Ukraine to surrender. Sure the is. Money is what the Trump family is all about, but just no. No to surrendering, no to letting Putin win anything, no to the old type of war, fought with tanks and artillery. The innovators are Ukrainian. Putin knows how to send people to war, other people to war, but they will never best the Ukrainian people for critical thinking. The Ukrainian people are fighting for their lives and we need to back the democratic country, not enemies. Russia will always be the enemy.
As others have said, your posts are an education in themselves, Wes — the intersection of geopolitics, economics, military strategy & tactics, and technologies dumb/smart/everywhere in between 🙏
But I haven’t found anything that talks about target painting from satellites… and thus have no clue if that’s another potential harm associated with further US intel being withheld, another space sovereignty argument, both, neither, or something else entirely 😱
Precision at a longer distance/higher speed would presumably be a factor, compared to aerial targeting, but larger laser dispersion effects shouldn’t be a similarly significant issue based on comparable atmospheric journeys from ground & aerial vs orbital targeting systems.
I learned so much about the interlocking swirl of optimization problems that make up a war from this one post. Like most civilians, I had never really considered any of the issues you explain about artillery beyond BOOM.
I'm truly better informed when I read your work. Thank you!
If you can find it you can kill it. My advice to my son 20+ years ago when he asked me if he should go into tanks or artillery. I told him infantry. I am convinced the same story holds for ships and planes. Floating ships are targets. Even stealth planes cannot hide against a prepared enemy. If a swarm of four F-16 can take down an F-35, how many four million dollar drones does it take to take down an F-35. I am sure we will develop better ways to protect artillery and tanks but I would not want to be in either if they are parked anywhere near a front line.
I read this morning that there is actually a monetary reason Trump wants Ukraine to surrender. Sure the is. Money is what the Trump family is all about, but just no. No to surrendering, no to letting Putin win anything, no to the old type of war, fought with tanks and artillery. The innovators are Ukrainian. Putin knows how to send people to war, other people to war, but they will never best the Ukrainian people for critical thinking. The Ukrainian people are fighting for their lives and we need to back the democratic country, not enemies. Russia will always be the enemy.
Can an artillery unit even fire more than three rounds before being droned out?
German have been remarkably good in artillery ( the famous 88 in WWII)
Thanks for the article
As others have said, your posts are an education in themselves, Wes — the intersection of geopolitics, economics, military strategy & tactics, and technologies dumb/smart/everywhere in between 🙏
But I haven’t found anything that talks about target painting from satellites… and thus have no clue if that’s another potential harm associated with further US intel being withheld, another space sovereignty argument, both, neither, or something else entirely 😱
Precision at a longer distance/higher speed would presumably be a factor, compared to aerial targeting, but larger laser dispersion effects shouldn’t be a similarly significant issue based on comparable atmospheric journeys from ground & aerial vs orbital targeting systems.
Power storage/refuelling maybe?